squatter

IPA: skwˈɑtɝ

noun

  • One who squats, sits down idly.
  • One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.
  • (Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land.
  • (Philippines) A poor vagrant; an illegal informal settler; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
  • (Australia, historical) A large-scale grazier and landowner.
  • (informal) A squat toilet.
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Examples of "squatter" in Sentences

  • One of his friends became a squatter.
  • It is encroached by the squatter houses.
  • The domain's in the hands of a squatter.
  • The squatter was kicked out of the town.
  • The squatter murdered the sheriff's deputy.
  • The squatter was arrested for breaking the law.
  • Tess Skinner is the daughter of an indigent squatter.
  • Pye was the owner of the land and Graham was a squatter.
  • The site of Healthy Village was formerly the squatter area.
  • The derelict buildings were completely rebuilt by the squatters.
  • People in squatter cities pay about $75.00 per year for kerosene.
  • Our collective priority for the near term must be to evict the Crawford squatter from the White House.
  • Creating cell and house churches builds on existing social and family networks in squatter communities.
  • More than 1.3 million Haitians live in squatter camps, facing disgruntled landowners and violent evictions, with no international or government plan to move or house them.
  • Additional benefits are bringing employment to people in squatter cities, recycling lots of electronic components and creating economic development where it is needed most.

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